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CLUNY, Alexander (d. 1770?). The American Traveller: or, Observations on the Present State, Culture and Commerce of the British Colonies in America, in a Series of Letters... by an Old and Experienced Trader. London: E. and C. Dilly and J. Almon, 1769.

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CLUNY, Alexander (d. 1770?). The American Traveller: or, Observations on the Present State, Culture and Commerce of the British Colonies in America, in a Series of Letters... by an Old and Experienced Trader. London: E. and C. Dilly and J. Almon, 1769.

FIRST EDITION. "Cluny describes the economic condition of the various colonies in America. He demonstrates the potentialities of the Hudson Bay trade and its restraint by the Hudson's Bay Company's monopoly..." (Lande 428); Howes C501; Sabin 13796.